I tried doing this and also failed. I hatehatehatehate pushups and got discouraged when I kept having to repeat week one and two. I did it for quite a while, a few months, but kept having to repeat and I never seemed to get any better. I hope it works for those of you who are doing it now!

W2D2 for me today. feels good! that longer rest period really helps. arms and pecks were SORE right after todays work out, but feel fine now.

i still cant envision doing 100 non-stop, and looking ahead at week six seems very daunting. but im just going to stick with the program and redo weeks if needed, or just take longer breaks.

got up to 73 non-consecutive today though. whew!

ilovemountains wrote:

I tried doing this and also failed. I hatehatehatehate pushups and got discouraged when I kept having to repeat week one and two. I did it for quite a while, a few months, but kept having to repeat and I never seemed to get any better. I hope it works for those of you who are doing it now!

thanks. im the same way about sit ups. i just hate them.

im thinking about putting forth the effort to get over that though. we'll see.

as a matter of fact, in order to make it official, im going to do W3D1 now to seal the deal. (i missed doing it in the morning because i was so busy. i was going to put it off until tomorrow, but im going to do it here at work while no one is looking.)

this is the week i began to slack off. first thing, the end of week test threw me off a bit. not sure how exactly, but it put me off schedule. there was no good day to do it and keep on my M/W/F schedule i had set up for myself. W3D1 should have started on Mon, but i did the end of week test then. not good!

week 2 end test i did 25. not a huge improvement, but some. now im in column 2 of W3. just did 73 total (non-consecitive), so thats a minor step back. no big deal.

here's a quote from W3 on the website:

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If you're struggling with the program, don't lose heart. Some people will still be doing less than 16 consecutive push ups, but this is ok. Just repeat the week you struggled with until you're strong enough to move on to the next level - I promise it will be worth your while!

as a matter of fact, in order to make it official, im going to do W3D1 now to seal the deal. (i missed doing it in the morning because i was so busy. i was going to put it off until tomorrow, but im going to do it here at work while no one is looking.)

thank you! i plan on making these happen right after the bike commute home... if not ill stuff my face too quick and never make these happen.

No, I didn't give up. I just got myself a great exercise DVD that combines the push-ups with a lot of other stuff, so I'll get a full workout.I've been good - doing the full program at least twice a week - and I can see my arm muscles with my bare eye!So one of these days I'll just do as many consecutive push-ups as I'll manage and see whether I have improved.

I tried to do this once a few years ago, and got up to maybe 30-35 consecutive before losing interest (something came up as it always does). But I really want to get back into it. I just had a crazy, pushup-heavy workout yesterday, so I'll have to wait until I'm all recovered before starting again. Good luck to everyone!

im going to get back to this asap. posting here for some motivation. i probably shouldnt have started 2 new exercise programs at once (this and C25K), but once i get into the swing of things i should be able to deal with it.

I have little to no upper body strength, I am interested to try this. I am going to do the test tonight and see how I do.

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